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March 7, 2008
Word Alternatives
We just installed Microsoft Word 2007 on our public computers. I am surprised at how quickly people have just caught on. I haven't yet had any questions about the new look and feel of this frequently used program.... but it's early yet!
I have, however, had a lot of questions recently from people who save documents on their home computers and come to the library to print and run into a problem. Many people have Microsoft Works installed on their home computers, not Microsoft Word. Our computers will not open Works documents. So... I am suggesting one of 2 free, downloadable solutions: OpenOffice, and Abi Word. (I feel obligated to tell you to be careful of anything that you download from the Internet, but both of these programs have been around for awhile and I've heard good things about them.) You can use either of these programs to save documents as Word documents that you can then email to someone or print from the library.
The main stumbling block, in my experience has been employers asking that resumes be emailed to them. They generally want them sent as Word documents. What do you do if you don't have Word? You can either download one of those programs, or come to the library and use our public access computers!
Posted by Michele at March 7, 2008 10:09 AM
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